Its that time of the week once again. Friday is here and that means that its time for another Weekend Gaming Roundup to help get you ready for a weekend of hardcore (and cheap) gaming. So lets get started.

Were starting with Steam this weekend because as I write this Im downloading the PC Early Access version of State of Decay. And it will be nice to try this on something that isnt made of 8-year old hardware (Im looking at you Xbox 360). All the same, if you have a controller and love a good zombie game, this is one you may want to pick up be it now or later. Now on to the deals.

This weekend you can try out the action movie parody action side-scroller game, The Showdown Effect, for free through Sunday. If you like it you can buy it for 75% off with the Standard Edition for $2.49 or the Digital Deluxe Edition for $4.99.

Also on the sale list this week youll find several other titles, some of which are themed for the International Talk Like a Pirate Day from this week such as The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition ($2.50), Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChucks Revenge ($2.49), Sid Meiers Pirates ($2.50), Zombie Pirates ($3.75), Exodus from Earth ($3.74), MacGuffins Curse ($3.75), and more. Additionally, todays Steam Daily Deal is Towns ($5.09).

Its a good weekend for Sleeping Dogs fans over at Gamersgate. You can scoop up the Digital Edition of the game for $6.25 as well as a selection of DLC content priced between $1 and $3.50 each. You can also just pick up the Sleeping Dogs DLC Collection for $12.50. Other titles available include Skyward Collapse ($2.99), Shattered Haven ($1.87), the Mount & Blade Collection ($13.74), AI War, and several others.

Amazons deals offer some juicy gaming tidbits this week with the full BioShock trilogy for just $19.99. Additionally, you can also snag Metro Last Light ($16.49), Company of Heroes 2 ($39.59), Guns of Icarus Online ($4.99), Garshasp: The Monster Slayer ($1.23), and small selection of others.

Over at good old GoG this week is a deal to make Wing Commander fans and those anxiously waiting for Star Citizen smile and giggle with glee. And by that I mean its 50% off of the Wing Commander series. You can pick up the 5-game deal for that includes Wing Commander 1 & 2, Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger, Wing Commander 4: The Price for Freedom, Wing Commander: Privateer, and Wing Commander: Academy. The whole collection is priced at $16.75. This little gem of a deal ends tomorrow, so if you want it you better hurry.

Also on the sale list this weekend is the September RPG Special with 16 games priced at $66.24. A few of the games on the list include Wizardry 6+7, Wizardry 8, Vampire The Masquerade  Redemption, games from the Divinity and Gothic series, and more.

EAs Origin has one of those rarely generous weekends with 50% off offerings on a few of their key franchise titles such as Crysis 3 ($14.99), Mass Effect 3 ($9.99), Battlefield 3 ($9.99), and Dead Space 3 ($14.99). Origin also has Deluxe Digital versions of most of those games available for a bit more along with a discount on each games DLC selection and a few other titles. You can browse the full list for everything thats available.

Bundle Stars taps on another new bundle to the previous weeks offering s this week with the Indie Jam Bundle 3, which includes Sanctum, A.R.E.S. Extension Agenda, Two Worlds Epic Edition, Joint Task Force, Nexus: The Jupiter Incident, Commandos 3: Destination Berlin, Garshasp: Temple of the Dragon, and Battlepaths for just $5.03. You can see all available previous bundles here.

Last on deck for this week is the ever so popular Humble Bundle. On the weekly deal youll find the EGOSOFT Bundle, which includes X: Beyond the Frontier, X-Tension, X2: The Threat, X3: Reunion + Bonus Package. If you opt to pay more than $6.00 youll also get X3: Terran Conflict, X3: Albion Prelude, X: Superbox Bonus Material and two soundtracks.

The Humble Bundle 9 deal remains the same from last week with a few additions. As is always the case with the Humble Bundle deals, you can choose what to pay and also decide how much goes to the charities and the developer via the handy little slider at checkout.

And that wraps things up for this week folks. As always, be sure to share this handy little map to gaming deals with your friends.

About The Author

Stacy "Martuk" Jones was a long-time news editor and community manager for many of our previous game sites, such as Age of Conan. Stacy has since moved on to become a masked super hero, battling demons in another dimension.